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A Tacoma man faces allegations he shot at trees while on the shoulder of Interstate 5 in Lewis County on Tuesday.
Eduardo A. Ramirez Santos, 23, is charged with one felony count of …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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5/21/26
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Library advocates criticize Timberland Regional Library’s interim executive director appointee
By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
The Timberland Regional …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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5/21/26
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Unionized journalists at five McClatchy Media newspapers in the Pacific Northwest — including The Olympian — voted overwhelmingly this week to approve a strike.
A start date for the …
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By Thurston Chronicle staff
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5/21/26
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The source of the “additional information” cited in a potential impeachment disclosure (PID) on former police Sgt. Tracy Murphy is a Port of Centralia commissioner.
Ally Pickard, the …
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By Jacob Farmer / jfarmer@chronline.com
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5/20/26
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The U.S. House passed a bill Wednesday that would require parental consent before a public elementary or middle school can update a student’s pronouns, gender markers or preferred name on records …
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By Shauneen Miranda / States Newsroom
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5/20/26
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During the height of December’s severe flooding, Washington made $3.5 million available to those in need.
Five months later, most of that funding has gone unused.
Gov. Bob Ferguson says …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street / The Washington State Standard
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5/20/26
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Following the resignation of former Executive Director Cheryl Heywood amid an ongoing budget crisis in March, Timberland Regional Library has hired a new leader.
“The Timberland Regional …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/20/26
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Port of Centralia Commissioner Kyle Markstrom will resign from his position on the port commission effective Tuesday, June 12.
In the final moments of the Wednesday afternoon Port of …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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5/20/26
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Port of Centralia Interim Executive Director Amy Graber is poised to keep the job long term, pending contract negotiations.
The Port of Centralia Commission during its Wednesday business meeting …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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5/20/26
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A Thurston County jury returned a verdict Wednesday, May 20, finding Curtis and Tabitha Gibson not guilty of first-degree murder while armed with a firearm.
The couple had been accused of …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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5/20/26
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The Thurston County Board Commissioners announced Wednesday, May 20, that funding resources have been identified to support a part-time reopening of in-person counter services at the Thurston County …
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By Emily Fitzgerald / emily@thurstonchronicle.com
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5/20/26
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It’s a history lesson hiding in plain sight.
The Sticklin Greenwood Memorial Park hosts the remains of veterans of one of the country's oldest wars, the American Civil War.
Those veterans …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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5/20/26
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Lewis County will officially offer legal and financial protections to four county employees — including Commissioner Sean Swope — more than a month after a former employee filed a First Amendment …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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5/20/26
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Local leaders say the Northwest Sports Hub brought in as much as $17 million in economic benefit to the area last year, with the positive impacts stretching from Castle Rock to Olympia.
They …
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By Jacob Moore / jacob@chronline.com
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5/20/26
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A Rochester High School graduate has been appointed to the U.S. Air Force Academy, according to a Tuesday announcement from U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania.
The congresswoman …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/20/26
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LEWIS COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT
The following list is not comprehensive. Superior Court records can be accessed at the Lewis County Clerk’s Office in Chehalis.
Sentencings
• Rupp W. …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/20/26
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• CHRISTOPHER RAY KALISTA, 60, Toledo, died May 18 at home. Arrangements are under the care of Fir Lawn Funeral Chapel in Toledo.
• MARIA I. MOJICA GARCIA, 60, Centralia, died April 27 at …
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5/20/26
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Along with trying to get some truth about agriculture out there for everyone, I like to acknowledge people I feel are doing a good job in agriculture.
I am always looking for topics to write …
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Commentary by Maureen Harkcom / For The Chronicle
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5/20/26
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Community members across Lewis County are invited to come together on Saturday, May 23, for Dolly Day Lewis County, a two-part fundraising event supporting Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library and …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/20/26
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With spring more than halfway over, the vendors and artisans of the Packwood Flea Market are preparing to return to East Lewis County on Friday, May 22, and continuing daily through Memorial Day on …
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By The Chronicle staff
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5/20/26
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